Tides & Currents

Tides and currents move large amounts of water around the world’s oceans, as well as nutrients, oxygen and heat. Currents influence weather patterns and tides are relied on for maritime safety due to their extremely reliable nature.

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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's "Line W" program is conducting research to better understand how the oceans and the atmosphere work together to cause, and are affected by, climate variability on the earth. Since 2001, a set of...